The name Niccolò Paganini is synonymous with virtuoso violin playing, and his Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, completed in 1830, is one of his most dramatic and technically difficult works. The score was believed lost for decades and was only rediscovered in the 1950s. It showcases Paganini’s entire technical arsenal, proving a worthy challenge for the evening’s soloist Augustin Hadelich, one of the most renowned interpreters of Paganini today. Gustav Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony took almost six years to write and was completed in 1894. It is one of the most monumental works in the history of music. In it, Mahler deals with the great questions of life and death, and of earthly suffering and resurrection in the afterlife, and it is also his first symphony to also incorporate the human voice. “Death, who conquers all, now you too are conquered!” sings the chorus, in the words of Friedrich Klopstock’s hopeful ode to faith.

Presented by: Concerto Budapest